NRS 241A.040Creation; membership; election of officers; terms of members;
vacancies; members serve without compensation; members holding public office or
employed by governmental entity.

1. The Advisory Council for Prosecuting
Attorneys, consisting of seven members, is hereby created. The Council consists
of:

(a) The Attorney General who serves as an ex
officio member of the Council;

(b) Three members who are district attorneys
appointed by the governing body of the Nevada District Attorneys Association;

(c) Two members who are city attorneys of
incorporated cities appointed by the governing body of the Nevada League of
Cities; and

(d) One member who is employed as a peace officer
by a law enforcement agency in this state appointed by the Governor.

Ę If the
Nevada District Attorneys Association or Nevada League of Cities ceases to
exist, the appointment required by this subsection must be made by its
successor organization or, if there is no successor organization, by the
Governor.

2. The members of the Council shall elect
a Chair and Vice Chair by a majority vote. After the initial election, the
Chair and Vice Chair shall hold office for a term of 1 year beginning on July 1
of each year. If a vacancy occurs in the office of Chair, the members of the
Council shall elect a Chair from among its members for the remainder of the
unexpired term.

3. After the initial terms, each member of
the Council who is appointed serves for a term of 4 years unless a member
vacates the public office which qualified the member for appointment to the
Council. A member of the Council who vacates his or her public office continues
to serve on the Council until the member’s replacement on the Council is
appointed. A member may be reappointed.

4. A vacancy on the Council must be filled
in the same manner as the original appointment.

5. Each member of the Council:

(a) Serves without compensation; and

(b) While engaged in the business of the Council,
is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for
state officers and employees generally.

6. Each member of the Council who is an
officer or employee of the State or a local government must be relieved from
his or her duties without loss of his or her regular compensation so that the
member may prepare for and attend meetings of the Council and perform any work
necessary to carry out the duties of the Council in the most timely manner
practicable. A state agency or local government shall not require an officer or
employee who is a member of the Council to make up the time the member is
absent from work to carry out his or her duties as a member, and shall not
require the member to take annual vacation or compensatory time for the
absence.

NRS 241A.050Meetings; designation of representative; quorum; effect of
membership upon holding public office or public employment.

1. The members of the Council shall meet
at least quarterly and at the times and places specified by a call of the Chair
or a majority of the members of the Council.

2. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 3, a member of the Council may designate in writing a person to
represent the member at a meeting of the Council. A representative designated
pursuant to this subsection who attends the meeting of the Council for which
the representative is designated:

(a) Shall be deemed to be a member of the Council
for the purpose of determining a quorum at the meeting; and

(b) May vote on any matter which is voted on by
the regular members of the Council at the meeting.

3. The Attorney General may designate a
representative to serve in his or her place on the Council or to attend a
meeting of the Council in his or her place.

4. Four members of the Council constitute
a quorum, and a quorum may exercise all the power and authority conferred on
the Council.

5. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, county ordinance or city charter, a member of the Council:

(a) Is not disqualified from holding a public
office or from public employment; and

1. Upon the approval of all its members,
the Council shall appoint an Executive Director. The Executive Director is in
the unclassified service of the State and serves at the pleasure of the
Council. The Executive Director must be:

(a) An attorney licensed to practice law in this
State; and

(b) Appointed on the basis of:

(1) His or her professional ability and
experience in conducting or supervising criminal and civil prosecutions in this
State; and

(2) His or her understanding of criminal
law, evidence and the rules and procedures of the courts of this State.

2. The Executive Director shall:

(a) Carry out the policies of and duties assigned
to the Executive Director by the Council;

NRS 241A.080Account for Advisory Council for Prosecuting Attorneys:
Creation; use.

1. The account for the Advisory Council for
Prosecuting Attorneys is hereby created in the State General Fund. The Council
shall administer the Account.

2. The money in the Account must only be
used to carry out the provisions of NRS 241A.010
to 241A.090, inclusive, and pay the expenses
incurred by the Council in the discharge of its duties, including:

(a) The payment of expenses for the preparation
of motions and briefs and for clerical or legal assistance that is provided to
a prosecutor for a criminal or civil prosecution in this state; and

(b) Reimbursement for any extraordinary or
unanticipated expenses incurred by a prosecutor as a result of conducting a criminal
or civil prosecution in this state, including any expenses related to the
appointment of a special prosecutor for that prosecution.

3. All claims against the Account must be
paid as other claims against the State are paid.

4. The money in the Account remains in the
Account and does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal
year.

1. The Council may apply for any available
grants and accept any gifts, grants, appropriations or donations to assist the
Council in carrying out its duties pursuant to the provisions of NRS 241A.010 to 241A.090,
inclusive.

2. Any money received by the Council must
be deposited in the Account for the Advisory Council for Prosecuting Attorneys
created pursuant to NRS 241A.080.